§ Mr. Cockeramasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average length of strikes in each year from 1963 to 1973.
Number of stoppages beginning in: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Not more than 1 day 804 975 808 645 615 680 933 963 475 566 Over 1 and not more than 2 days 475 615 508 425 502 486 614 659 372 368 Over 2 and not more than 3 days 277 310 303 249 271 284 395 523 283 276 Over 3 and not more than 4 days 149 142 180 160 165 190 241 303 207 181 Over 4 and not more than 5 days 86 126 131 120 131 143 197 286 170 156 Over 5 and not more than 6 days 56 61 71 65 66 102 106 188 97 82 Over 6 and not more than 12 days 116 154 179 157 194 263 347 476 287 359 Over 12 and not more than 18 days 37 49 66 51 62 95 106 210 133 163 Over 18 and not more than 24 days 16 25 29 20 38 48 59 90 56 105 Over 24 and not more than 36 days 36 31 40 15 38 41 55 121 59 114 Over 36 and not more than 60 days 9 25 29 19 22 26 36 59 57 82 Over 60 days 7 11 10 11 12 20 27 28 32 45 Figures for 1973 on the above basis are not yet available. For provisional information for that year I would refer my hon. Friend to the written reply given to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 31st January 1974.